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Dispatch
Dear ITT Ideologist: McChrystal’s Predicament, and an Insecure Israeli
Pete Karman
Comics
elmachete
Eric Garcia
Pitchfork Day 1: There’s Nothing Wrong With Dancing Swedes
Jeremy Gantz

Labor
GOP Wants to Extend Bush Tax Cuts, Not Jobless Benefits. Can Dems Seize the Moment?
Roger Bybee
Two Years After Two Predictions, One Unfortunate Result
Pete Karman

Labor
‘Nothing Stops a Bullet Like a Job’
Kari Lydersen
The Pitchfork Music Festival: Can Indie Music Get Festive?
Jeremy Gantz

Labor
Tobacco Giant Philip Morris is Hooked on Child Labor (Video)
Michelle Chen

Dispatch
Tax Dodgers, Inc.
Congress tries—and so far fails—to combat "legal" corporate tax avoidance, which costs the U.S. Treasury billions each year
Christopher Moraff
Comics
sharonangle
August Pollak
Viewpoint
Austerity: Why and for Whom?
Richard D. Wolff

Labor
‘Something Needs to Be Done’: Massey Mine Survivor Testifies Before Congress
Lindsay Beyerstein
At Public Hearing, Citizens Speak Out Against—and For—Comcast/NBC Merger
Margaret Smith

Labor
Newsflash: What’s Good for Immigration is Good for America
Michelle Chen
Weekly Diaspora: Suing, Protesting, and Boycotting Arizona SB 1070
Erin Rosa, Media Consortium blogger

Labor
Who Can Halt the Democratic Party’s Death Spiral Over Jobs?
Art Levine
Labor
The Young and the Healthless? Unemployed ‘Milllennials’ Sicker than Older Workers
Akito Yoshikane

Labor
How Would You Like Brigido Oregon’s Job?
Stephen Franklin
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
For more information about the National Writers Union, visit nwu.org.
Read the full agreement, which reaffirms a floor for the rates of our freelance editorial content, as well as our current rates (which are higher) and submissions guidelines below.